Window-sash



(No Model.)

' L. H.'BROOME.

WINDOW SASH N5. 555,597. Patented M51. s, 1895.

\l \v v UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

LEWIS H. BROOME, OF JERSEY CITY, NEV JERSEY.

WINDOW-SASH.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 555,597, dated March 3, 1896.

Application filed 3'1111624, 1895. Serial No. 553,808. (No model.)

To all whom t may concern:

Beit known that I, LEWIS H. BRooME, a

citizen of the United States, residing at Jer.

sey City, in the countyof Hudson and State of New .Iersey,have invented an Improvement in Window-Sashes, of which the following is a specification.

Vindow-sashes are usually made in two parts sliding in vertical frames having parting-strips between the respective sashes and stop-beads upon the inside of the windowframe, but difficulty is experienced in cleaning the outer surfaces of the glasses. To overcome this difficulty sashes have been provided with bars at their right and left hand edges, there being hinges between the bar at one side and the sash and a lock or connection between the sash and the bar at the other side, so that the sash can be swung inwardly upon one of its vertical edges to give access to the exterior surfaces of the glass for clean- Ing.

The devices that have heretofore been employed for accomplishing the object before mentionedare not easily applied, especially upon old sashes, and in most instances the frame of the window or the parting-strips or stop-beads have required alterations to allow of the sash being hinged so as to swing.

My present invention is made with reference to fitting sashes that slide, so that they can also be swung upon one of their vertical edges to give access for cleaning, the devices employed in making the change being constructed with special reference to the convenient alteration of sashes already in use, and at the same time the parts are rendered more reliable and more easily manipulated than the devices heretofore constructed for this purpose.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is' a sectional plan view representing the two sides of a window frame and sash, and Fig. 2 is a similar view representing a modification in the retaining-flanges.

The weight-boxes A at the sides of the Window-frame are of any ordinary character, and the parting-strip B and the-stop-beads C may be of ordinary construction7 as these parts do not have to be changed in applying my improvements.

D represents aportion of the window-sash which is to be of any ordinary or desired character, and where the present improvement is applied to windows already constructed the sash D is to be taken out and the strip D sawed off, each edge forming what I designate a sashbar, and the sash is hinged to one of these sash-bars, usually at the left side of the sash.

I have represented a hinge at 2, and it is to be understood that any desired number of hinges may be applied to unite each sash to its sash-bar, and it is advantageous to apply a molding or weather-strip 3 upon the outside of the sash-bar to cover the joints between the sash and sash-bars, and a bolt or lock of any desired character may be employed to unite the sash-bar to the sash at the opposite edge of the sash to where the hinges are applied, so that when the sash is raised or lowered the sash-bars will move with it, and when the exterior of the window is to be cleaned or the window more fully opened for ventilation the lock at E is to be disconnected so that the edge of the sash can be swung inwardly, the sash turning upon the hinge 2.

It will be understood that each sash-bar requires to be held in the groove or channel provided for it, otherwise the sash -bar might be carried up to the top of the frame, or the sash and bar that are connected together might slip out of the window-frame.

The object of my present invention is to hold the sash-bars reliably in the channels or grooves provided for them in the windowframe, and with this object in view a strip or plate, preferably of metal, is firmly united to the outer edge of each sash-bar, such strip being advantageously slightly narrower than the thickness of the sash, and the vertical angles of the sash are grooved or rabbeted, as shown at 1l 5, to allow for the runway-flanges 6 of the plates I,which runway-Han ges arewithin the grooves or rabbets and lap over or come against the strip F, so as to guide and hold such strip F as it moves up and down with the sash-bars.

I prefer to make the plate I of sheet metal with the edges rolled over to form the run-` way-flanges 6, as seen in Fig. l, because the edge of the strip F that is fastened to the edge of the sash-bar will run between the body of the plate and the runway-flanges that are IOO folded over at its edges, and it will be apparent that the plates I, being made of sheet metal, possess more or less elasticity and they yield to the strip F upon the exterior edge of the sash-bar, so that such sash-bar is free to be raised or lowered as the sash is moved up or down, and these runway-flanges eifectually prevent the sash-bars from coming out of the channels or runways usually provided in window-frames for the reception of the sashes, and as the plates I can be attached to the window-frame without altering said frame the device is very convenient, especially when employed with old sashes, because the sashbars can be sawed off the sashes in the form of strips and planed up and looseness of the sash and sash-bars Widthwise of the station.- aryframe is compensated, or nearly so, by the thickness of the strip F and of the plates I. Hence a sash altered to contain my improvements will not be unduly loose, but on the contrary the parts can be set up reasonably tight because the strip F runs freely against the plate I and between the ruiiway-iianges, and in fact the plate I,with its runway-Han ges, guides and holds the sash-bars and sash reliably throughout the u p-and-down movement given to the parts in opening and closing the window.

It will be observed that the plate I should be cut out of a width to allow the runway-flan ges to be folded over on its edges, and such plate should be of a length to extend from top to bottom, or nearly so, of the window-frame, and neither sash-bar can become detached or drop out of its place when the sash itself is swung open for cleaning.

In Fig. 2 I have represented the runwayiianges G as upon separate plates or strips I I2, the runway-anges being folded over and yielding slightly to inequalities, and the plates I are represented as fastened to the partingstrip of the window-frame and the plates I2 as fastened to the beads or frame inside or outside, orboth, of the window-frame. It will be observed that these runway-anges reliably hold the edges of the plate or strip F and that the same cannot escape from between the ruiiway-iianges, and where the plate I and runway-flanges are made of sheet metal there can be sufficient spring in the runway-flanges to accommodate inequalities in the sashes or in the sash-bars or the strips F connected with such sash-bars.

In Fig. 2 the plate I is represented as extending across the surface of the parting-stri p and having the runway-ilanges bent upon its edges, and the plates I2 are connected to the stop-bead upon the interior of the sash or to the projecting edge of the window-frame. In either instance the strip occupies a position at right angles to that shown in Fig. 1, the

ru nway-fian ges projecting inwardly to engage the edges of the strip F.

It is advantageous to make use of a bolt or lock E upon the sash-bar that is not hinged to the sash, such bolt or lock being adapted to engage the window-frame before it disconnects from the window-sash. I have shown a bolt of this character in Fig. l at E, the inner end of the same projecting into the sash itself and preventing the sash being opened except at such place or places where the outer end of the bolt can pass into a recess in the window-frame and t-hereby prevent the sash-bar from being drawn up by the weight connected with the window-co1d,which weight in all instances is to be connected with the sash-bar at or near the upper end thereof to counterbalanee the weight of the sash when such sash is closed and the swinging edge connected with the vertical sash-bar at that side of the sash, and the moving of the bolt causes one end to engage the sash before the other end is free from the window-frame, thus insuring the locking of the sash-bar to the sash before there is a possibility of the sash-bar being carried up in the windowframe and away from the sash-bar by the action of the weight and cord attached to the sash-bar.

I have shown the bolt E as provided with a knob for moving it, and the length of the bolt is greater than the width of the sash-bar. lIence the bolt cannot be unboltcd from the sash at one end until after the other end has been passed into a hole in the window-frame to hold such sash-bar from running up, and the reverse.

I claim as my inventionl. The combination with a sashhaving sashbars at its vertical edges and hinges for connecting the sash with one of the sash-bars, of a strip fastened to the outer edge of each sash-bar, the vertical angles of the sash-bars being grooved adjacent to said strips, and a plate with runway-flanges coming in front of the edges of the strip that is fastened to the sash-bar and thereby holding the sash-bar strip between the runway-flanges, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination with a sash havin g sash.- bars at its vertical edges to one of which the sash is hinged, of strips fastened to the edges of the sash-bars, and plates introduced into the grooves of the window-frame and having their edges turned inwardly an d forming runway-anges for the strips upon the edges of the sash-bars, substantially as set forth.

Signed by me this 12th day of June, 1895.

I.. lI. BROOME.

\Vitnesses:

GEO. T. PINCKNEY, S. T. IIAvILAND.

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